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José Ferreira, Director-fundador |
Toronto, Canada, 25 September 2007
Dear Adiaspora friends,
A year and half ago I had occasion to write that Adiaspora.com had surpassed two million visits. Well, we are now very close to the four million mark, which in itself is indicative of accelerating growth far beyond our expectations.
Furthermore, we should take into account an extra million and half previous hits that were unable to be factored in when Adiaspora.com underwent its latest transformation.
Without being immodest, I can honestly say this did not happen merely by chance.
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It has also added a whole new dimension to our task of informing as to what we are globally as Portuguese and Luso-descendant spread throughout the five continents.
As is common knowledge, it is of the utmost importance to periodically update a website’s image.Allowances should be made for the time spent coming up with this new look, when we were obliged to operate at a much slower pace than usual. The Internet requires more frequent image updating than does the written press –the look of a publication having a longer life-span and being subject to very different criteria. To create a new image for a site constitutes a veritable challenge, requiring solid planning that takes into account every factor and law governing new technologies.
We now present ourselves to you clad in our new look and more determined than ever to wholly comply with the mission we initially set for ourselves: to embody the word Diaspora fully and begin to speak about other places beyond the reaches of the parochialism one’s localization inevitably brings about.
As announced in May this year during the Adiaspora.com V Anniversary celebrations, the overland journey from Toronto (Canada) to Sao Jose da Terra Firme, Santa Catarina, (Brazil), we are to embark upon on October 5, 2007, shall be a pioneer unifying endeavour we hope to take to other parts of the world, wherever there are Lusophone communities.
Then, there’s the celebration of the Adiaspora.com VI Anniversary in Sao Jose coinciding with our founding date (14November, 2001). Sao Jose is a land with Azorean roots and as such, being there will be a fundamental landmark for us. I would even go so far as to say a historical landmark for the Portuguese presence in the world at large.
The coverage and feedback resulting from these initiatives shall be the “compass” by which we orientate our mission to inform: laying down new guidelines, altering and adjusting our path whenever necessary or the Elysian winds of technological change dictate. The only thing permanent is our will to diffuse and promote Lusitanity and Lusophony to the very best of our ability. To this end, we count on your support and incentive as always. |
